This section presents statistics on the growth, distribution, and characteristics of the U.S. population. The principal source of these data is the U.S. Census Bureau, which conducts a decennial census of population, a monthly population survey, a program of population estimates and projections, and a number of other periodic surveys relating to population characteristics.

Population tables are grouped by category as follows:

Ancestry, Language Spoken At Home
Elderly, Racial And Hispanic Origin Population Profiles
Estimates And Projections By Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity
Estimates And Projections--States, Metropolitan Areas, Cities
Households, Families, Group Quarters
Marital status And Living Arrangements
Migration
National Estimates And Projections
Native And Foreign-Born Populations
Religion

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Ancestry, Language Spoken At Home

52 - Population by Selected Ancestry Group and Region: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

53 - Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

54 - Language Spoken at Home by State: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

55 - Language Spoken at Home--Cities With 100,000 Persons or More: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

Elderly, Racial And Hispanic Origin Population Profiles

34 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over--Characteristics by Sex	[<1.0 MB]

35 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over--Living Arrangements and Disability Status: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

36 - Selected Characteristics of Racial Groups and Hispanic Population: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

37 - Social and Economic Characteristics of the Hispanic Population: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

Estimates And Projections By Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity

5 - Components of Population Change by Race and Hispanic Origin	[<1.0 MB]

6 - Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin Status	[<1.0 MB]

7 - Resident Population by Sex and Age	[<1.0 MB]

8 - Intercensal Resident Population by Sex and Age	[<1.0 MB]

9 - Resident Population Projections by Sex and Age	[<1.0 MB]

10 - Resident Population by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age	[<1.0 MB]

11 - Resident Population by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Single Years of Age: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

12 - Resident Population Projections by Race, Hispanic Origin Status, and Age--Projections	[<1.0 MB]

Estimates And Projections--States, Metropolitan Areas, Cities

13 - Intercensal Resident Population--States	[<1.0 MB]

14 - State Population--Rank, Percent Change, And Population Density	[<1.0 MB]

15 - State Resident Population--Components of Change	[<1.0 MB]

16 - Resident Population by Age and State: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

17 - Age Dependency Ratios by State	[<1.0 MB]

18 - Resident Population by Hispanic Origin and State: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

19 - Resident Population by Race and State: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

20 - Large Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population	[<1.0 MB]

21 - 50 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2009--Components of Population Change	[<1.0 MB]

22 - Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population by Age: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

23 - Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

24 - Population by Core Based Statistical Area Status and State: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

25 - Population In Coastal Counties	[<1.0 MB]

26 - States With Coastal Counties--Population, Housing Units, Establishments, and Employees by Coastal Region and State	[<1.0 MB]

27 - Incorporated Places With 100,000 or More Inhabitants in 2010--Population	[<1.0 MB]

28 - Incorporated Places by Population Size	[<1.0 MB]

29 - Urban and Rural Population by State	[<1.0 MB]

Households, Families, Group Quarters

59 - Households, Families, Subfamilies, and Married Couples	[<1.0 MB]

60 - Married Couples by Race and Hispanic Origin of Spouses	[<1.0 MB]

61 - Households and Persons Per Household by Type of Household	[<1.0 MB]

62 - Households by Age of Householder and Size of Household	[<1.0 MB]

63 - Unmarried-Partner Households by Region and Sex of Partners: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

64 - Families by Number of Own Children Under 18 Years of Age	[<1.0 MB]

65 - Family Households With Own Children Under Age 18 by Type of Family, and by Age of Householder, 2010	[<1.0 MB]

66 - Families by Type, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

67 - Family Groups With Children Under 18 Years Old by Race and Hispanic Origin	[<1.0 MB]

68 - Parents and Children in Stay-at-Home Parent Family Groups	[<1.0 MB]

69 - Children Under 18 Years Old by Presence of Parents	[<1.0 MB]

70 - Grandparents Living With Grandchildren by Race and Sex: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

71 - Nonfamily Households by Sex and Age of Householder: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

72 - Persons Living Alone by Sex and Age	[<1.0 MB]

73 - Group Quarters Population by Type of Group Quarter and Selected Characteristics: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

74 - Population in Group Quarters by State	[<1.0 MB]

Marital Status And Living Arrangements

56 - Marital Status of the Population by Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin	[<1.0 MB]

57 - Marital Status of The Population by Sex and Age: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

58 - Living Arrangements of Persons 15 Years Old and Over by Selected Characteristics: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

Migration

30 - Mobility Status of the Population by Selected Characteristics	[<1.0 MB]

31 - Movers by Type of Move and Reason for Moving: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

32 - Mobility Status of Households by Household Income: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

33 - Mobility Status of Resident Population by State: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

National Estimates And Projections

1 - Population and Area	[<1.0 MB]

2 - Population	[<1.0 MB]

3 - Resident Population Projections	[<1.0 MB]

4 - Components of Population Change	[<1.0 MB]

Native And Foreign-Born Populations

38 - Native and Foreign-Born Population by State: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

39 - Nativity and Place of Birth of Resident Population for Cities of 100,000 or More: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

40 - Native and Foreign-Born Populations by Selected Characteristics: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

41 - Foreign-Born Population--Selected Characteristics by Region of Origin: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

42 - Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status and Place of Birth: 2009	[<1.0 MB]

43 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status	[<1.0 MB]

44 - Refugee Arrivals and Individuals Granted Asylum by Country of Nationality	[<1.0 MB]

45 - Estimated Unauthorized Immigrants by Selected States and Countries of Birth	[<1.0 MB]

46 - Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Sex, Age, Region, and Country of Birth: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

47 - Petitions for Naturalization Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Petitions Denied	[<1.0 MB]

48 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Class of Admission	[<1.0 MB]

49 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected Country of Birth and Selected Characteristics: 2010	[<1.0 MB]

50 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Country of Birth	[<1.0 MB]

51 - Refugees and Asylees Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Country of Birth	[<1.0 MB]

Religion

75 - Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population	[<1.0 MB]

76 - Religious Bodies--Selected Data	[<1.0 MB]

77 - Christian Church Adherents and Jewish Population, States	[<1.0 MB]

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